2012 French Open Throws Up Surprises
As one of the four tennis grand slams and the only one played on clay, the 2012 French Open kicked off at Roland-Garros in Paris yesterday, where the world's best tennis players are expected to strut their stuff. And already there have been some surprising results.
For instance, 26-seeded Andy Roddick of the USA, crashed out in the very first round to local player Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. It was Roddick's first first-round defeat in a grand slam event since 2007, and one which came as a big disappointment to betting fans who backed him to win the event.
Roddick's Surprise Loss Was His Own Fault
While many players may have come out with a barrage of excuses for a loss like that, Roddick told it like it was to reporters in his post-match interview, admitting that he 'moved horrendously out there.'
Another player to be surprisingly dispatched on Sunday was 30-seeded J? Melzer, who succumbed to relative German unknown Michael Berrer 6-7, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 3-6. Amazingly, Berrer overcame a two-set deficit en route to a well-deserved albeit surprising victory.
In terms of other results from the first day of the 2012 French Open, Australia's 6-seeded Samantha Stosur beat Britain's Elena Baltacha 6-4, 6-0, France's 5-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, and Serbia's 13-seeded Ana Ivanovic beat Spain's Lara Arruabarrena Vecino 6-1, 6-1.
2012 French Open Betting Lines
But there is still a long way to go in this tournament, and in terms of the 2012 French Open betting lines and favorites at top online sportsbook Bodog, here are the players most touted to win this epic tennis tournament:
French Open Men's Singles Winner Odds
Rafael Nadal 1.62
Novak Djokovic 3.80
Roger Federer 8.50
Andrew Murray 34.00
David Ferrer 34.00
Juan Martin Del Potro 41.00
Tomas Berdych 41.00
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 101.00
John Isner 101.00
Milos Raonic 101.00
Nicolas Almagro 151.00
Gilles Simon 201.00
Juan Monaco 201.00
Alexandr Dolgopolov 251.00
David Nalbandian 251.00
Fernando Verdasco 251.00
Janko Tipsarevic 251.00
Richard Gasquet 251.00
Stanislas Wawrinka 251.00
Nikolay Davydenko 301.00
Marin Cilic 401.00
Bernard Tomic 501.00
Feliciano Lopez 501.00
Marcos Baghdatis 501.00
Mikhail Youzhny 501.00
Philipp Kohlschreiber 501.00
Radek Stepanek 501.00
Thomaz Bellucci 501.00
Viktor Troicki 501.00
Andreas Seppi 751.00
Florian Mayer 751.00
Juan Carlos Ferrero 751.00
Julien Benneteau 751.00
Kevin Anderson 751.00
Marcel Granollers 751.00
Robin Haase 751.00
Denis Istomin 1001.00
Ernests Gulbis 1001.00
Ivo Karlovic 1001.00
Jarkko Nieminen 1001.00
Juan Ignacio Chela 1001.00
Michael Llodra 1001.00
Sam Querrey 1001.00
French Open Women's Singles Winner Odds
Serena Williams 2.88
Victoria Azarenka 4.50
Maria Sharapova 6.50
Na Li 12.00
Samantha Stosur 15.00
Petra Kvitova 19.00
Agnieszka Radwanska 23.00
Caroline Wozniacki 34.00
Ana Ivanovic 51.00
Francesca Schiavone 51.00
Venus Williams 51.00
Julia Goerges 101.00
Marion Bartoli 101.00
Jelena Jankovic 126.00
Kaia Kanepi 126.00
Sabine Lisicki 126.00
Svetlana Kuznetsova 126.00
Vera Zvonareva 126.00
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 151.00
Dominika Cibulkova 151.00
Yanina Wickmayer 151.00
Anabel Medina Garrigues 251.00
Aravane Rezai 501.00
Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez 501.00
Shuai Peng 501.00
